Awning covering



S. A. YUHAS AWNING COVERING July 6, 1954 Filed Dec. '5, 1951 g INVENTOR.STEPHEN A. YUHAS A 7' roe/v5 Y5 Patented July 6, 1954 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE AWNING COVERING Stephen A. Yuhas, Perth Amboy, N. J.

Application December 5, 1951, Serial No. 260,025

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in the coverings for awnings andto a method for the formation thereof.

It is an object of the instant invention to provide an awning coveringof light weight from a sheet of plastic material.

Another object is to provide an awning covering requiring substantiallyless labor in the formation thereof than known similar devices.

A further object is to provide an awning covering in which the quantityand quality of the transmitted light can be varied by the us of coloredtransparent and/or translucent plastic sheets.

Other objects of the instant invention will become apparent in thecourse of the following arms of the awning frame. In lieu of the singlesheet, a plurality of separate sections may be fastened together in asimilar manner. The free edgesof the uppermost and lowermost sectionsare secured to cross rods or bars one of which is attached at the top ofthe side arms of the awning frame and the other at the bottom thereof.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detaileddescription when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawingsshowing by way of example a preferred embodiment of the inventiveconcept.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a View in perspective of the improved awning coveringconstructed in accordance with the principles of this invention;

F gure 2 is an end View of the awning covering shown in Figure 1;

Figure '3 is a fragmentary front or top view of the awning coveringshown in Figure l but on an enlarged scale;

Figure 4 is a sectional view along line 44 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a plan View of the blank from which the covering may beformed; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of the covering when removedfrom the frame and folded.

Referring now in greater detail to the drawings where like referencenumerals indicate like parts, reference numeral Iil (Fig. 1) indicates avertical open ng in any building structure, II and I2 the outwardly anddownwardly inclined frames on opposite sides of the opening whichsupport the awning covering; and [3 the improved awning covering for theframes.

The vertical opening I0 is the usual type of framed opening made in abuilding for the admission of light and air. However, the subsequentlydescribed awning covering I3 is suitable for closin other openings inthe building, for use in the manufacture of tents, beach shelters, andthe like.

The frames II and I2 for supporting the awning covering I3 in adownwardly and outwardly inclined position over the opening Ii] areconstituted of the similar outwardly and downwardly inclined side armsI4 and I5 and the braces l9 and 26. At the top, the side arms I4 and I5are provided with openings or other means for attachment to the hooks I5and II, respectively, which may be threaded in the cross member I8 atthe top of the opening II]. The side arms I4 and I 5 are held intheoutwardly and downwardly inclined position by the braces I9 and 23.The inner ends of the braces I9 and 20 may be provided with suitableopenings for insertion over the hooks 2| and 22, respectively, with thehooks being attached at the sides of the framed opening. Obviously,other suitable means could be provided for maintaining the side arms inthe outwardly and downwardly inclined position, and any suitable meansmay be used for securing the outer ends of the braces to the downwardlyinclined ends of the side arms.

The covering I3 for the previously described frames may be made from therectangular blank of semi-rigid plastic material shown in Figure 5. Theplastic material may be 10 gauge and flameproof, tinted, andtranslucent. The blank or sheet has a length greater than the length ofthe side arms Id and I 5 and a width greater than the perpendiculardistance between said arms. The sheet is separated into the rectangularsections 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 by folding or creasing in the samedirection along the spaced longitudinal lines 29, 35, 3i, and 32 withthe surface portions of successive sections adjacent or contiguous tothe fold or crease lines superposed. The superposed surface portions,always on the same side of the sheet, are attached together by sewing orwelding, by the staples 33 (Figures 3 and 4) or by any other suitablemeans. In order that the covering may be compactly folded, for stor age(Fig. 6), the outer section 24 has a width equal to that of the adjacentsection 25. The section 26 has a width less than that of section 25,section 2! a width less than that of section 26, and section 28 a Widthless than that of section 21. While integrally formed sections have beendescribed and illustrated, it is possible to use separate sections andeven separate sections of different color.

The free longitudinal edge of theouter section 24 may be held by the topcross rod or bar 35 and the corresponding edge of the outer section ZSbythe cross rod or bar 35. Each cross car may "have a longitudinal slit inwhich the free edge of the corresponding strip parallel to thefoldlin'eis inserted and held therein under pressure. Of course, other meanscould be used for attaching the strips to the cross bars.

Openings may be provided adjacent the end extremities of the cross barsand aligned open- :ings in the side arms for the insertion of anyknownfastener releasably'securing the cross bars to the side arms.

In operation The rectangular sheet'or blank shown in Figure 5-having awidth at least equal to theperpendicular distance between the side armsit. and

or sections contiguous or adjacent the lines of fold are superposed andfastened together by any suitable means such asthe'staples 'The freeedges of the outer sections parallel to the fold or crease lines arethen attached to the cross bars and'the cross bars removably attached,to

'the side armsby any suitable means "40 With the spaced ridges supportedthereby. An one or more of the-ridges may be removably attached to theside arms as shown in Figure 2.

Since the covering reequires only two rigid "members as compared withknown awning frames,

the appended claim as are stated therein or re- :quired by the priorart.

What is claimed is:

A covering for the downwardly and outwardly directed sidearmsof anawning frame, the covering comprising a rectangular blank of bendablematerial, the blank being divided into two outer sections and aplurality of intervening sections by spaced fold-lines,saidlinesrbeingparallel to one edge of the blank and the Widths of oneact the outer sections and its adjacent section being substantiallyequal, the width of each :successive section being progressively lessthan the Width -'of said outer and adjacent sections, the adjacent surface portions ofsuccessivesections on thesame side :of the blank adjacentthe fold :lines being superposed, means for securing the superposedsurface portions together to form' ridges, means "for removably"securing the free marginal edge of oneof the outer-sections paralle1totherfold lines -=to the side arms adjacent :the tops thereof with theridges supported by the side arms, and

means for removably securing-the free marginal edge of the :secondoutersection parallel to the fold lines to the side arms adjacenttheb'ottoms

